Free online teacher training

Boost your teaching credentials with our free EF Teacher Development Certificate. Join us for six webinars with academic experts on different methods, approaches, and tools to make teaching a language more fun for you and your students.

How it works

You can earn your EF Teacher Development Certificate by attending all six one-hour webinars. They are free and take place several times per year (see dates below for upcoming sessions). The webinars are held in English and registration is open to teachers worldwide. At the end of the program we will send you the certificate by email. Register by clicking the button below.

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Agenda for our upcoming webinar series

Webinar 1

Using AI in your classroom 

29.10.2025 live at 17.00 CET

In this session we jump right into how AI can be used directly in the classroom with students. We will show you some live activities where students themselves make ‘direct use’ of AI tools for work across the language skills. We’ll consider how to manage these classes and the ethical concerns this might raise.

 

Webinar 2

Writing great class materials

05.11.2025 live at 17.00 CET

All teachers have to prepare activities and materials, from the simplest roleplay instructions through to reading activities and class tests. In this workshop, you’ll gain professional advice from one of EF’s senior editors on how to make your materials lead to the right language learning outcomes and what pitfalls to avoid.

 

Webinar 3

Freelance teaching online

12.11.2025 live at 17.00 CET

A newbie's guide to all aspects of online teaching:

· Ways to work (fully freelance, platform working, scheduled school hours)

· Expectations of an online teacher (hardware, software and the teaching itself)

· Some tips and tricks for the online classroom

 

Webinar 4

Motivating Gen-Z and Gen Alpha

19.11.2025 live at 17.00 CET

The generations born in this century, who have never lived without digital input and increasingly expect highly interactive gamified lessons can be a challenge for any teacher. This session will look at how we can balance what students like and lessons that promote language learning.     

 

Webinar 5

Cultural Competence 

26.11.2025 live at 17.00 CET

Cultural competence is essential along with linguistic competence to communicate in any international setting.
This workshop offers practical ways to build intercultural awareness into your classes whether you work with multilingual, multicultural classes or want to prepare students for global contexts.

 

Webinar 6

Using AI in your teaching journey 

03.12.2025 live at 17.00 CET

Even when you don’t use digital AI tools in the classroom. AI can help make a teacher’s life easier. AI can give you back some of your day allowing you to focus on the essentials. We will talk about using AI for lesson and activity planning, materials creation and using AI tools for paperwork such as reports and assessments.

 

Can't make a session? No problem! You can still earn the certificate by watching the recording session that we send out to you after each live webinar.

What do teachers say about us?

"Thank you very much for all the webinars. All six were interesting and helped me look more critically at the way I teach. I will try to improve. Thank you again and hope you will have more interesting things for us in store."
Irina Rybalchenko - Znanye Language Center, Russia
"They were all very useful, informative and enjoyable. Some helped me structure what I already knew. Some gave me food for thought. I will certainly use your presenters' brilliant ideas and suggestions to make my lessons more effective and fun."
Tatyana Vidneyeva - Russia
"It was very beneficial as this a hot and trending topic nowadays. Also, we are trying to step up into using more tech in our classrooms, so it is good to know the basics."
Meric Tumer - Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey

FAQ

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